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Child language brokering as a family care practice: Reframing the ‘parentified child’ debate
- Source :
- Children & Society. 36:400-414
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2021.
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Abstract
- This paper explores the perspectives of 29 child language brokers living in the UK who interpret for their family following migration. They were presented with vignette stories depicting a potentially conflictual situation between a language broker, a parent and an adult ‘other’ in a position of power or authority. Drawing on debates about language brokering as a family care practice, the ‘parentified child’ and discussions about non‐normative childhoods, the analysis highlights how the role played by the adult ‘other’, coupled with a sometimes‐hostile sociocultural context, can exaggerate tensions or facilitate interactions in the parent–child relationship. The young people's views and experiences illuminate how they navigate these complexities.
Details
- ISSN :
- 10990860 and 09510605
- Volume :
- 36
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Children & Society
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9e75bca640f7889772e36f832b74afb8